Category Archive for : ‘Cybersecurity’

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Many organizations aren’t implementing cybersecurity measures enough to protect them against future risks — a trend that could cause as many as 60 percent of them to suffer major service failures by 2020.

That was among the findings in recent research conducted by the research firm Gartner. The special report points to the increasing transition to digital business along with the shift to external services outside of the IT department’s control. Those are areas that could potentially lead to cybersecurity risks, according to Gartner.

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Financial, medical and retail institutions are just among the few entities put on alert in the wake of crippling cyber attacks. Now a U.S. government agency is calling on automakers to take measures to guard against cyber attacks, especially with the emergence of new vehicles that increasingly rely on electronic and computer systems that are susceptible to hacks.

The new guidelines, which were recently issued by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, propose developing layers of protection that are capable of securing vehicles throughout its life expectancy.

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For the past several years, the Internet of Things has been promising homes and businesses that are smarter — adapting to make our lives more convenient. However, adoption of devices and products, such as driverless cars and smart door locks, may not be accelerating as fast as anticipated — primarily because of concerns about data security.

While the Consumer Technology Association predicted that the sale of smart home devices would grow by 21 percent this year with projected sales of $1.2 billion, other studies show that there has been some consumer

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With about half of China’s 1.357 billion population connected to the Internet, it’s no surprise it’s among the countries expressing grave concerns about data center efficiency. Worse yet, many data centers in that country haven’t kept pace with technology that would minimize their environmental footprint.

Beijing, China, which has one of the highest pollution levels in the world, recently announced a ban that would keep any data center with a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.5 or above from continuing its operations, according to Environment 360, a publication of the Yale

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At the beginning of 2016, researchers were reporting a hike in the number of corporations looking to outsource parts of their data center operations, primarily to accommodate growth without the high cost of building out their own infrastructure and to free up resources for other initiatives.

More recently, a survey revealed that corporations are not only looking for colocation and wholesale data center services that meet their standards for operations; they also have a keen interest in facilities with a focus on renewable energy.

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With hundreds of Delta Air Lines flights recently grounded in the wake of a power outage, companies of all sizes started taking a hard look at their own IT operations. At the top of the list? An assessment of disaster recovery plans.

More than likely, the overall damage to Delta has yet to be assessed. According to the Wall Street Journal, the carrier not only is facing millions of dollars in lost revenue, it is suffering a major blow to its brand reputation as one of the nation’s leading international airlines.

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This should come as no surprise – With the increased popularity of the cloud, cyber attacks have followed in its wake, with Sophos reporting a 45 percent increase in cyber attacks in the cloud during 2015. It’s been a steadily alarming trend. Two years ago, Alert Logic’s Cloud Security Report noted that brute force attacks on cloud environments had spiked to impact 44 percent of its customers, up from 30 percent in 2013.

In response to the growing threats, spending on information security is climbing, with the research company Gartner predicting

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With a data center outage recently delaying more than 2,000 Delta flights, the vulnerabilities of legacy computing systems became clear, according to various experts commenting on the extensive grounding of the airline’s fleet.

In a Fast Company.com article, Airfarewatchdog President George Hobica said, “The airlines are dealing with a hodgepodge of equipment that’s been cobbled together over the years.” In some cases, the equipment is more than 20 years old, he said. Another problem, he pointed out, is that, unlike other companies, airlines can’t afford to shut completely down for maintenance.

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When it comes to choosing a cloud services vendor, 73 percent of companies rank security and data protection as their top concerns when choosing from among their options, according to a recent Tech Pro Research survey.

Industry cloud services are specifically designed for the challenges of a particular business sector, such as healthcare.

The survey also revealed that 36 percent of the respondents had already adopted cloud services for their industry. Also, another 16 percent stated that they had plans to adopt industry-specific cloud services within the next 12 months, while 23

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